Post Mortem Changes
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Science
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12th Grade
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Lisa Thompson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What post-mortem change in fish results in the stiffening of muscles after death?
Autolysis
Lipid oxidation
Rigor mortis
Proteolysis
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the characteristic compound responsible for the fishy odor associated with fish spoilage?
Ammonia
Hydrogen sulfide
Lactic acid
Trimethylamine (TMA)
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Algor mortis is characterized by what post-mortem change?
Cooling of body after death
Stiffening of skeletal muscles after death
Pooling of blood in tissues after death
The heat generated by a body after death
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
This occurs 2-8 hours after death, where the blood pools due to gravity. The area affected is a purplish-red color.
rigor mortis
algor mortis
livor mortis
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
An elderly man is found dead in his car with the windows down. He has been missing for 2 days. The average temperature has been 36 degrees F. How would these factors affect lividity, rigor mortis, and algor mortis rates?
lividity - decreases
rigor - decreases
algor - increases
lividity - decreases
rigor - increases
algor - unaffected
lividity - decreases
rigor - unaffected
algor - increases
lividity - increases
rigor - increases
algor - increases
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The process that causes the muscles in the body to stiffen resulting in rigidity after death is called
algor mortis
rigor mortis
livor mortis
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How long does lividity last?
2 weeks
forever
24hrs
36hrs
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